Nozzle-grip.



No. 708,557.` Patented Sept. 9, E902.

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NOZZLE GRIP. v

(Application med Apr. 17, 1992.)

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www t Nirnn raras WILLIAM G. ESCII, OF MANITOIVOC, WISCONSIN.

NOZZ-LE-G RIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,537, datedSeptember 9, 1902. Application lecl April 17, 1902. Serial No. 1031427'(N0 mOClGL) T0 all whom 1115 may concern:

Be it known that I,WILLIAM G. ESOH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Manitowoc, in the county of Manitowoc and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNozzle-Grips; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Theinvention relates to a nozzle-grip-that is, to a grip or handleadapted to be connected to the nozzle of the hose and designed,primarily, to prevent the hand from becoming cold and wet from thecondensation of the atmosphere and from water running down along thesides of the nozzle and hose, which is so frequently the case when thenozzle- Washer becomes worn.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich shall be simple of construction, durable in use, comparativelyinexpensive of production, and which may be readily connected to thehose now in general use by means of a coupling connected to the grip orhandle.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a nozzle,the end of the hose, and my handle, the parts being shown secured inoperative position. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View. Fig. 3 is adetail perspective of the parts separated and arranged in their order ofconnection, and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of a modifiedform of grip or handle.

Referring to the drawings, 1 denotes the vend of the hose; 2, thenozzle, provided at its inner end with internal threads 3.

4 denotes the usual nipple, which is inserted into the end of the hoseand is bound se curely therein by wires 5 or any other suitablefastening devices and is provided with an annular collar 6, againstwhich the end'of the hose abuts, and with an exteriorly-screwthreadedneck 7.

8 denotes the grip or handle, provided at its forward end with ashieldingshoulder 9, which tends to deflect the water which might rundown from the nozzle and prevent it from running'upon the hand. Thishandle or grip may be provided with a coating 9', of cork or any othersuitable material, or, if desired, it may be constructed, as shown, of acomposition of matter of which cork may be the basic element, or of hardrubber, and is provided at its ends with metal felis 10, which willserve to prevent the chipping of the ends of the grip. rIhe forward endof the handle or grip is provided with internal screw-threads 11 for apurpose hereinafter to appear.

l2 denotes a coupling Which consists of a short section of pipe havingexternal screwthreads 13, which engage the internal threads 3 of thenozzle, and is provided at its inner end with external screw-threads 14,which en gage the internal screw-threads 1l of the handle or grip, andWith internal screw-threads 15, which engage the screw-threads 7 of thenipple 4.

In assembling the parts the handle or grip is slipped over the nipple 4of the hose to lleave exposed the threads 7 of said nipple,

whereby the coupling 12 may be screwed upon said nipple. The nozzle 2 isnow screwed upon the threads 13 of the coupling, and after the partshave been thus tightly screwed the handle 8 is screwed upon the externalthreads 14 of the coupling.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, andadvantages of the invention will bereadily understood without requiringa more extended explanation.

Various changes in the proportion and details of construction may bemade within the scope of the invention Without departing from the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Leiters Patent, is-

The combination with a hose provided with an externally-screw-threadednipple, of an internally-screw-threaded nozzle, a coupling provided ateach end with exterior screwthreads, one of which affords connection tothe nozzle, and provided at its inner end with IOO 2 roses?screw-threads which engage the threads of my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witthe nipple, and ahandle or grip placed around nesses. theend of the hose and having internal screw-threads to engage the externalsorew- WM' G' ESCH' 5 threads at the inner end of Ithe coupling, sub-Witnesses:

stantially as set forth. CHAS. H. HOEFFNER,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ARTHUR G. ENGELBRECHT.

